Corset-top pad



L. STARKEY.

CORSET TOP PAD. APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1920.

HI! II Hill IHTHIE Patented Oct. 18,1921.

UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LU'ELLA STARKEY, OF ENID, OKLAHOMA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OTTO F.

. DECKER, OF ENID, OKLAHOMA.

CORSET-TOP PAD.

Application filed. May 22,

To all w from it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUELLA STARKEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Enid, in the county of Garfield and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Corset-Top Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for preventing the corset top from pressing against the body, the principal object of the invention being to provide a pad adapted to be placed between the top part of the corset and the body to prevent the corset from causing discomfort to the wearer.

The device is more particularly designed for use with the low top or topless corset as now being worn, where the top of the corset pressing against the body is apt to cause soreness and discomfort, though it will of course be understood that the device can be used with corsets of other styles.

Another object of the invention is to make the pad of strips spaced apart to provide ventilation, some of the strips being provided with stays for holding the pad in proper shape.

Still another object of the invention is to secure strips of elastic material to the ends of the pad and to provide such strips with hooks, which are adapted to engage eyes or pins placed on the sides of the corset.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which 4 Figure 1 is a front view of a form provided with a corset and showing the method of using my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, partly in section, of the device itself.

Fig. 3 is a view of the opposite side of the device than that shown in F 2.

In these drawings A indicates the corset which is of the topless type, and B indicates my protector which has its lower por tion located between the corset top and the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 383,566.

body and its upper portion extending above said top so as to prevent the corset top from causing discomfort to the wearer. The protector or pad is formed of vertical strips 1 of tape or the like which are sewn or otherwise secured to horizontal strips 2. The strips 1 are spaced apart to permit ventilation and some of these strips have sewn therein stays 3 for holding the device in proper position. The strips 2 at the top and bottom of the clevice are looped over the ends of the strips 1 to form a binding. he strips 1 are of gradually decreasing length from the center toward both ends so that the pad is of greater width in the center than at the ends. Strips 4 of elastic material are secured to the ends of the device, with the strips at each end converging from their points of junction with the device and with their extremities sewn together and a hook 5 is connected with said connected extremities, said hooks being adapted to engage eyes placed at the sides of the corset so as to connect the device with said corset with the elastic strips holding the pad in stretched condition. I may provide further means for connecting the pad to the corset such as by sewing a strip 6 to the outer face of the device and attaching a safety pin 7 thereto for engaging the top of the corset. The top of the device may be finished off with a strip of lace as indicated at 8.

It will thus be seen that my device will prevent the top of the corset from rubbing the body of the user or from poking into the body when bending over and thus adds to the comfort of the wearer.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes'fall within the scope of the appended claims.

' I claim as my invention:

l. A device of the class described comprising a pad adapted to be placed between the top of the corset and the body, said pad having ventilating openings therein and means for detachably connecting the pad with the corset.

2. A device of the class described comprising a pad adapted to be placed between the top of the corset and the bottom, said pad being formed of Vertical and horizontal strips of flexible material spaced apart to form ventilating openings, means for detachably con- 10 necting the pad With the corset and stays in some of said vertical strips.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LUELLA STARKE Y. 

